The Universalist. [volume] (Chicago [Ill.]) 1884-1897, 1887-05-28
PERSONAL.


Hon. E. Fl. Conger, of Des Moines,
gives the Grafton at Gslesburg on Memo
rial day.
Rev. Joshua Davis, of Kansas, will at
tend the Upper Wabash Association at
Logsnsport, Ind, next month.
Rev. J. Coleman Adams gave one of the
addresses at the anniversary meeting of
the Chicago Athen@um last week.
Rev. J. A. Rhyme, we'll known in Geor-
gia, is now located in Dallas, Texas, and
preaching the word as opportunity offers.
Rev. William Tucker, d. D., of Mount
Gilead, o., has been re-engaged for the
third year as pastor at Upper Sandusky,
and for the second year at New Way.
Rev. j. A. Hoyt, of Belle PLANE, Iowa,
by cordial invitation of the pastor of Ply
mouth Congregational Church, Burling-
ton, Wis, occupied that pulpit Sunday,
May 8.
Rev. l.. ]. Dinsmore is again invited
this year by the g. A. r. at Stoughton,
Wis.,, to give the Decoration day address.
He preached the Memorial sermon at
Columbus last Sunday.
Mrs. Mary A. Talcott, of the Church of
the Redeemer (Universalist), makes an
annual gift of $1,000 to the Humane So
ciety OF Chicago. Her husband gave the
society $4,000 during his lifetime.
Rev. DR.. E. G. Bolles, remarks the New
York Tribune, May 10, who is coming to
take charge Of the Blocker Street Uni
versalist church in this city, has had a
notably long pastorate in Salem, Mass.
Mrs. e. G. Pratt, of our North Attle-
boro Mass parish, moves to Des MONIES,
Iowa, to assume the superintendency of
the gas works in that city. We COM
mend him, as good Universalist, to our
friends in that city.
Rev. Amos Crum, of Dubuque, was one
OF the speakers on Wednesday night of
last week, at the Western Unitarian Con-
ference, in this city. His topic was Church
Union" Rev. DR.. Thomas also spoke
the same evening on this topic.
To the Boston Association 1--WE quote
the Leader under the presidency of Mr..
Caverly-his absence in Chicago is our
opportunity to state the historic facts
due the recovery of the lost prestige of
Anniversary Week for Universalist as
semblies.
Mr.. j. FL. Swan, of st. PauIs church,
was last week reelected as President of
the Board of Trustees of the Home of the
Friendless, in this city. Rev. DIR. Ryder,
and Edison Keith, of st. Paul's church,
were also re- elected members OF the Board
of this beneicent charity.
Rev. L. W. Brigham's address for the
present is this otfice-69 Dearborn street
Chicago, Room Al. His family are at
present in the East, and the Elgin home
is relinquished. His house in North
Chicago will be ready July Is, and until
that time he may be addressed as above.
Mrs. M. R. M. Wallace, the president
of the Universalist Woman's Association
OF Illinois, is one of the managers and
leading spirits in the "Kirmess" which
comes off this week in the Exposition
Building. The Association will share in
the profits of the enterprise, which are
likely to be very remunerative.
Rev. DR.. Hanson will add Rome, Venice,
Naples and Florence to his foreign wan
behring's before returning to this country.
When this paragraph meets the readers
eye he will be in Italy,-probably in
Rome. He will return to London the last
of June, enriched by months excursion
to the classic cities of the old world.
Rev. L. FL. Tabor, editor of Manford's
Magazine, recently organized parish at
Verona, ILL.,, with thirteen members
eleven by the hand of fellowship and two
by letter. He has also recently visited
Macon, ILL.,, preaching on the "New
Birth" to very general acceptance, but
stirring up an old scribe" to a column
or two of misrepresentation of the sermon
in the local paper.
Rev. 8. P. Carlton, of Milford Centre,
o., began another year, May 8, as pastor
OF our church at Fork Ridge, W. Va, re-
ceiving on that occasion one member into
the blessed fellowship. Twelve Access
sions have been made to this parish dur
ing the year. Sunday, May 15. our Fork
Ridge friends re- organized their Sunday
school. Church and school begin new
year with good prospects.
Rev. j. K. Street in his monthly pays
this deserved compliment to veteran In
diana and South Western preacher: "Our
Texas friends will be glad to know that
Rev. Thomas Abbott, of Mount Vernon,
Ind, who did some efficient work for our
cause in Texas several years since, is now
In Arkansas, where he is preaching to
good effect. Br. Abbott is one of our
most self-sacrificing preachers. Eternity
only will reveal his worth and the gratu-
itous labor he has given to our church."
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